ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — (RV) Parkside volleyball battled back after dropping the opening set to Lewis University, winning three straight sets to secure a 3-1 victory over the Flyers on Tuesday night. Sierra Kilbourn led the Rangers with 20 kills on a .486 hitting percentage and reached 500 career kills in the win.
Parkside moved ahead 4-2 early in the opening set behind kills from Emily Zaper and Sierra Kilbourn, but Lewis answered with seven straight points to take a 9-4 lead. The Rangers got kills from Kilbourn and Maia Olson to stay within 10-7, before Lewis scored six consecutive points, including a Sarah Newberry ace and kills from Rachel Kaczorowski and Ella Skogman, to stretch the margin to 16-7. Parkside later put together small pushes with kills from Monica Lukasiewicz, Zaper, Olson and Kilbourn, and a Lewis attack error made it 22-16. Lewis took the final three points on a Newberry kill, a Parkside attack error and a Lauren Buxton kill to finish the set 25-16.
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Parkside worked back from an early 8-3 deficit as kills by Olson, Kilbourn and Zaper helped trim the gap to 12-10. After Abby Alms tied the set at 14-14 with a kill, Lewis moved back in front 18-15 before Parkside put together seven straight points, including a kill and service ace by Lucy Russ, two kills from Kilbourn and a Dani Kopacz kill, to go ahead 22-18. Kilbourn added another kill and Lauren Peters served an ace to push Parkside to set point at 24-19, and after Lewis scored three straight, Kilbourn finished the 25-22 set win with a kill from Russ.
Parkside created the first separation in the third set by moving from a 3-3 tie to a 9-5 lead, with Olson serving an ace, Zaper adding a kill and an ace, and Dani Kopacz contributing a kill during the stretch. Lewis came back to tie the set at 11-11 on a Kynzie Lilly ace, but Parkside went back ahead and held a 17-14 lead after Zaper's kill from Natalie Harris. Lewis scored the next four points, capped by a block from Ella Skogman and Hannah Dietzenbach, to move in front 18-17. Parkside answered with five of the next six points, including two Olson kills and kills from Kopacz and Alms, and after Lewis closed within 24-23, Lukasiewicz finished the set with a kill from Russ for a 25-23 win.
After Lewis moved ahead 3-1, Parkside scored six straight points, getting two kills from Zaper, two Olson service aces and a Lewis attack error to take a 7-3 lead. Lewis worked back within 10-9, but Parkside answered with four straight points behind a Harris ace, an Olson kill and another Zaper kill to push the margin to 14-9. The Rangers added another stretch from 15-10 to 18-10 that included two Dani Kopacz kills and a Russ ace, then moved ahead 21-11 on a Kilbourn-Olson block and an Olson kill. After Lewis got to 21-13, Parkside closed the set with four straight points, finishing the 25-13 win on kills by Zaper and Kilbourn.
Sierra Kilbourn led the Rangers with 20 kills on a .486 hitting percentage and a season-high 20.5 points, while also recording a block assist and reaching 500 career kills. Natalie Harris tallied 29 digs, two assists and a service ace, while Lucy Russ recorded 34 assists, 11 digs and two service aces. Maia Olson added 11 kills on a .417 hitting percentage, four service aces — a season high — and 15.5 points. Emily Zaper contributed 12 kills, surpassing her season average of 9.29, along with 17 digs, exceeding her season average of 9.43, and a service ace.
Parkside volleyball hosts Michigan Tech on Friday, Oct. 9, at 6 p.m. at De Simone Arena in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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